Germany Does Not Have the Second Highest Tax Rate in Europe and the European Central Bank Is Incompetent

The Washington Post has a lengthy article on Germany which touts the austerity measures the country imposed in the last decade. It tells readers that Germany has the second highest tax rate on ordinary workers based on a chart that strangely excludes Denmark and Sweden, the two highest tax countries in Europe.

The article also never mentions the role of the European Central Bank (ECB) in the current economic crisis hitting most of Europe. The crisis was the result of the failure of the ECB...